I feel like it has been ages since I wrote a post. Ok so I'm exaggerating, it has only been a few days but still. My laptop has been giving me so much problems over the past two weeks and I'm beyond annoyed that I have deicded that there will be a new laptop in the picture hopefully by this week. Then back to regularly blogging becuase I'm so backlogged.

I swear this pair is so luxurious! Despite the simplicity in design, Dolce & Gabbana's The One and The One Men Collector's Edition still makes a killer statement with the choice of bold solid colours with a touch of mythical greatness on the gold coin adorning each bottle. I already love how The One smells like in it's original bottle, this one in the fiery red bottle makes it a little bit more special. I can imagine a man's man wearing The One Men because it's such a bold scent that a guy just have to have that extra something to carry off this scent.
 

If you have been waiting for this then it's coming to Sephora Starhill this Saturday 6th December at 10am!If you're not sure what I'm on about then, here's what's been buzzing about online amongst Urban Decay fans and beauty addicts - Naked On The Run. It's a limited edition all-in-one travel kit that comes loaded with everything you need for a complete Naked look. With six never-see-before shades of Eyeshadow, Bronzer, Blush, a full size Naked Lipgloss and a travel size 24/7 Eye Pencil (both new shades), plus a travel size Perversion Mascara, this palette is priced at RM188. Naked on the Run comes in a sleek, metallised rose gold case with this amazing artwork on the lid.

Inspired by Kiehl's Super Muti-Corrective Cream, the new Super Multi-Corrective Eye-Opening Serum is a 5-in-1 solution to lift, firm, hydrate and restore a youthful shape to eyes, providing it with a 360° correction.

If you guys don't already know, which I'm sure a lot of you already do, Urban Decay Holiday 2014 Collection is already available at Sephora outlets. The highlight of the Holiday collection is of course the Vice 3 palette with 20 Never-Before-Seen shades - from an amazing soft black and a stunning burgundy to a rich, smoky red-black. Designed for you to experiment, the it ranges from matte, satin, sparkle and metallic finishes with velvety texture, rich colour, serious staying power and blendability. The eye catching case is just super cool, it features a hypnotic new artwork in an abstract stripe design, embellished with a bright neon-green jeweled "Vice" icon to match the highly metallised green base, and it comes with a coordinating bag.

Origins New Plantscription Anti-Aging Power Serum uses the power of ingredients from nature to “teach” skin how to utilise powerful ingredients from nature, in this case all 20 potent anti-aging plants from around the world, to address four major signs of aging by visibly reducing lines and wrinkles, lifting, firming and smoothing skin. How it essentially does this is by lifting and firming the skin’s upper layers, hence less lines and wrinkles. Think how a box spring gives support to a mattress.

If organic beauty is your thing then Melvita has some exciting Christmas gifts sets for you. The star set which inlcudes something new is Melvita's Signature L'Or Bio range. This range combines oils from five continents and when combined form a repairing cocktail for the skin and hair. Rich in fatty acids, they strengthen and rebuild the hydrolipidic film (which helps to hold moisture in the skin) without leaving an oily residue. The skin can breathe, stays hydrated and feels silky soft, its supplueness restored.

 

L'Or Bio Radiance Set RM255 (worth RM318)

L'Or Bio Extraordinary Oil 100ml, L'Or Bio Extraordinary Shower Gel 250ml)and L'Or Bio Golden Lips 2-in-1 Gloss Balm 4ml

 

L'Occitane recently celebrated it's 10th Anniversary here in Malaysia since opening their first store in KLCC. I didn't realise it has been that long. So they threw a big party while also showcasing their Christmas offerings. They have really  nice sets this year, perfect for gifts for loved ones or lets not deny it.. yourself. I don't have the prices for the sets because there are just too many so it's best for you to drop by the nearest L'Occitane store to check them out!

Award winning local designer Hatta Dolmat unveiled a stunning haute couture Festive Collection at the launch of SK-II's Limited Edition Festive Facial Treatment Essence Collection at the prestigious event at SK-II #Change Destiny Garden in Suria KLCC last week. Not only are the gowns amazing, the flower design on the Facial Treatment Essence bottle is just as pretty.

Yes it's named after the drink and it looks glamorous! Bobbi Brown Scotch on the Rocks  Collection features a warm, glowing skin with rich sultry eyes and statement lips. The collection is inspired by the late Lauren Bacall who was known for her sultry looks and distinctive voice but also for being a great actress with a career spanning from the 40’s through to the 90’s. Scotch On The Rocks Collection is fronted by Kate Upton.

The Shupette Shu Uemura x Karl Lagerfeld is already available in stores as I'm writing this review. But if you haven't see it yet or are still comtemplating, read on. As I mentioned in my preview post (read here), this must be one of my fave makeup collections so far. You can't deny it, it's just fabulous in every way.

EH! Magazine turns 15 and they held a concert with The Body Shop Malaysia as the main sponsor, especially for their loyal readers and customers. Something that's completely different from what The Body Shop has done yet completely exciting! It was just the perfect way for The Body Shop to celebrate their 30th Anniversary this year. Concert go-ers has the chance to try out the latest fragrance from The Body Shop as the came in, Red Musk, which is already available in stores.

I caved as I was curious and now I get it. I suppose it was timely since one of my friends was coming back for a break and I got her to get the Hourglass Ambient Light Blush for me from Space NK. I really wanted to get more than just the one but I wasn't sure how glowy would turn out on oily cheeks. So I opted for Radient Magenta, described as golden fuschia. I swear the swirl in the blush is hypnotic.

The 3-Step has a new best friend! Meet the Clinique Sonic System Purifying Cleansing Brush. I have to admit, I'm really into the whole cleansing device at the moment. I have actually been using one over the past few months and I was really excited to try out this latest one from Clinique. It's actually already at the counters for a little over week now but if you're not still not sure about it, maybe my thoughts on it will help.

Kérastase has been the leader in luxury haircare for over 50 years and I recently attended the Kérastase 50th Anniversary Luncheon to celebrate those amazing years. Since 1964 Kérastase has put its expertise in service of women to bring out the beauty in every woman's hair.

Recently SKII Brand Ambassador, award-winning Korean actress Lee Yeon Hee made a quick stop over in Kuala Lumpur to share her SKII #ChangeDestiny experience. She has such amazing complexion and the secret lies in SKII Facial Treatment Lotion.

Some of you may have already heard about this, but id you haven't, the EH! Concert is happening next week and it's their 15th Anniversary. The Body Shop Malaysia is the main sponsor for the EH! Concert this year and you know where I'm heading to next don't you. Let me just tell you who's going to be there first. Lisa Surihani, The Body Shop Malaysia brand ambassador will definitely be there. The performers are Dayang, Misha Omar, Hafiz, Altimet and various other artists.

Don't tell me you haven't been waiting for this! Well your wait will be coming to an end real soon as the Shupette Shu Uemura x Karl Lagerfeld 2014 Holiday Collection will be available in Malaysia starting early November. I can't remember the last time I have been so excited about an entire collection. It must be the whole cat thing, what else can it be?

If you use any type of heat styling tool at all, you will notice your hair gets dry really fast and might even look damaged especially at the ends. So it's important for you to use some sort of heat-defense product to to protect your hair from heat damage. I have tried various over the years since I  religiously started using hair dryer and straightening iron and haven't really found one that suits my hair. Most make my hair look flat after styling.

Kerastase Discpline is the 1st hair care range that facilitates 'Hair Management'. Keratase Discipline gives unmanageable hair fluidity and movement with 72 hours anti-frizz and anti-humidity, smoother softer hair, less fly aways and less blow-dry time.

Bobbi Brown Holiday Collection 2014 is a rather large one. Some of the palettes are already available in stores while the rest are expected to get in soon. The eye palettes and highlight powders come in gorgeous tortoise shell compacts reminiscent of the Tortoise Shell palettes of 2011. Personally I prefer when Bobbi Brown comes up with these tortoise shell ones because the packaging looks loads more exciting. I'm looking forward to the Highlight Powders because they look amazing. While waiting for the rest of the collection to come in, I thought I'd swatch these ones first.

Just when you thought nudes couldn't get more exciting, Bobbi Brown does Smokey Nudes. Smokey Nudes Eye Palette is a versatile palette that gives you the smokey eye look for both day and night. All you need to do is layer the shadows for desired intensity.

yes i'm in there somewhere...

Groufie is in! Like it couldn't be more obvious by the amount of groufies flooding social media lately. Head & Shoulders the world's number one anti-dandruff shampoo launched #mylargestgroufie recently, a campaign to encourage Malaysians to get closer and to put their heads together as being dandruff free gives you the confidence to take groufies. I never thought about it that way but it does make sense.

Thank you everyone - Hanis, Uthaya, Laura, Dina, Linda, Jean and Reiko, for coming on Sunday for the workshop! It was wonderful meeting you guys, quite a few for the first time. I hope you guys had a great time and managed to get some useful tips and tricks. I know I did.

Thank you loads Bobbi Brown Malaysia, Sandra as well as the Pavilion team for taking time to go through the session with us. You guys are awesome! ♥

My Burberry Eau de Parfum was created by Francis Kurkdijan in collaboration with Burberry’s chief exec, Christopher Bailey. The aim was a “timeless yet contemporary fragrance representing the legacy of the Burberry brand.”

SKII Pitera House popped up at Publika a few days ago but was officially launched yesterday evening by Nicolas de La Giroday, Country CEO for Procter & Gamble Singapore and Malaysia. In conjuction with the launch, SKII also revealed the secret of staying 'Beautiful Forever'. In its latest ground-breaking Skin Destiny Study, SKII revealed that women have the power to determine the fate of their skin and having lasting crystal clear skin for years to come with its iconic Facial Treatment Essence (FTE).

Targeted at Age-Related Dehydration, Kiehl's Hydro Plumping Re-Texturizing Serum Concentrate is meant to make skin appear more fresh, plump and youthful. 

I was browsing around and found the Zeova blush about the same time I got the Zoeva Eye Primer. I couldn't resist the shade. Zoeva Luxe Color Blush in Rush Rush is described as "Few Minutes of Joy" which could have various meanings. I leave it up to you for the more exciting one.

Make Up For Ever recently introduced its new Artist Shadows extending its current range to 210 shades in conjunction with its 30th Anniversary. They have been reinvented in extremely vivid colours with intense colour payoff that is easily blendable. It comes in 5 effects - Matte, Satiny, Metallic,  Iridescent and Diamond.

Despite never getting enough sleep, I have always been told I look fresh and my eyes rarely look tired. Can't do much about the bags though. The question that comes after is, "How do you that?". So I figured I'd do a post on it. Although I would like to say I don't use much products to hide those dark circles and make my eyes looks awake, maybe I do but then again six products isn't much is it? It really doesn't take long at all to go through the steps.

I would  be lying if I said the silver tin had nothing to do with the purchase. Come on, look at it, it's so sleek. But seriously I wasn't sure about splurging on the Bobbi Brown Lip Balm but after trying it a few times in store, I gave in.

Looks like Korean skincare is having a bubbly moment. Cuscos Aqua 2 Bubble Cleanser seems very similar to the Cremorlab O2 Energising Bubble Mask, they both bubble, difference is, one is a cleanser and the other a mask.

In conjunction with the set-up of the SK-II Pitera™ House, you guys have a chance to win SKII's iconic product, the Facial Treatment Essence or more fondly known as 'Miracle Water'. I'm giving away 5 SKII Miracle Water to 5 winners!

The key to being ‘Beautiful Forever’ lies with empowering women to change their ‘Skin Destiny’ with SK-II’s iconic Facial Treatment Essence, nicknamed “Miracle Water” by its loyal fans and its miracle ingredient, Pitera™. Inspired by its ground-breaking Skin Destiny Study, SK-II looks to inspire women and men around the world to change their skin destiny and discover a future of beautiful forever. To showcase this beauty revolution, SK-II will be setting up its first ever SK-II Pitera™ House at Publika (The Square) in Kuala Lumpur starting 7 Oct to 14 Oct 2014.

Dolce & Gabbana latests his and hers limited edition fragrances is inspired by the panaromic landscape Aeolian Island in front of Sicily stretching from Panarea to Vulcano, the perfect settings for vibrant Mediterranean summer nights - Dolce & Gabbana Light Blue Escape to Panarea for women and Discover Vulcano for men.

I was introduced to T.E.N. Cremorlab recently and one of the products I was looking forward to trying was the Cremorlab O2 Energising Mask. Cremorlab. T.E.N is a Korean skincare brand which uses natural ingredients. T.E.N. water stands for "Thermal water therapy, Eco energy, Natural Nourishment" which is the base ingredient in all Cremorlab products.

This is something I've been really excited about. In conjunction with Chocolate Cats 5th Birthday, I figured I'd do something fun and exciting for you guys who have been supporting the blog all this while. In a first ever collaboration, here is the Bobbi Brown x Chocolate Cats "Instant Pretty" Workshop. It's an exclusive hands on beauty workshop where you will learn how to get the Bobbi Brown look. It's going to be loads of fun! 

Jurlique recently launched their latest anti-ageing range, Nutri-Define with Biosome5. I had the opportunity to attend the launch and find out how this range works thanks to Jean. Nutri-Define is Jurlique's new breakthrough age reclaiming which includes three highly specialised products, each targeting specific ageing skin care concern.

Jurlique is an Australian brand that believes that beauty is achieved with the combination of nature and science. Its high-performance potent products stem from over 25 years of scientific research on natural skin care. Advanced technologies are applied to organic ingredients grown on their Australian farm in the Adelaide Hills, South Australia, resulting in healthy beautiful skin.

It was an early celebration of International Day of Peace with The Body Shop yesterday. The United Nations declared International Day of Peace on 21st September and is dedicated to strengthening the ideals of peace, both within and among all nations and peoples. The theme this year is Right of People to Peace.

Lisa Surihani, The Body Shop Malaysia Brand Ambassador with the children from ELC International School

In conjunction with the 20th Anniversary of Pulp Fiction, Urban Decay's co founder decided to pay tribute to the cult movie by coming up with an Urban Decay Pulp Fiction Collection. The collection recreates Mrs Mia Wallace's dark edgy look. It includes an eye palette, blood red lipstick, lip pencil and Heavy Metal Glitter Eyeliner. The limited edition palette has five shades in both matte and satin finishes and comes with a mirror, a blood-red double-ended brush and step-by-step instructions. Prices range from RM69 to RM119.

Miko Galere opens it's first hair studio in collaboration with Kérastase recently, situated at the Beauty Hall, Pavilion Level 7. It's also the first hair salon in ASEAN that focuses on hair and scalp treatment. Miko Galere latest salon looks amazing somewhat fairytale-like. It's really a place where you would want to spend a whole day relaxing and getting pampered.

It has been a while since I've been this excited about foundation, more so a Clinique one. I always found Clinique foundations a bit too pink for my shade, so I was really surprised when I found a good match with the Clinique Anti-Blemish Solutions Liquid Makeup.

September has been pretty exciting so far. Although, I'm still trying to get use to my new hair length despite it being a month old. I also got my first ever rainbow cake thanks to Nani of Bakephoria, it has been chocolate all the way. Bakephoria uses only the best ingredients for their cakes. I'm sure some of you guys know by now that I'm a dessert snob, but Bakephoria's cakes are delicious. Check them out on Bakephoria Facebook page. My recommendation, the Chocolate Yoghurt Cake, it's amazing!

They are in stores! I sneak previewed the Bobbi Brown Sheer Brights Eye Shadows in June during Kuala Lumpur Fashion Week 2014 backstage but couldn't swatch them. They have been swatched now. The Sheer Brights Eye Shadows collection is "A  modern take on colour - sheer washes on the eye" - Bobbi Brown.

Three weeks, six hair washes, a new hairstyle and somewhat freshly coloured hair later, I can finally tell you about the latest L'Oréal Professionnel Majirel Cool Cover. Majirel Cool Cover is the first chrome, high resistant with intense even coverage. The new formula in the Majirel Cool Cover range is specially formulated to help neautralise warm tones making it easier to achieve the shade you want. The advanced technology contains Ionene G and Incell and is designed to protect the hair as well as the colour. Majirel Cool Cover also resists colour fade when exposed to elements such as UV lights and salt water. There are 18 shades to choose from -  which ranges from brown to light blonde.

This is a first for the blog, a His & Hers giveaway courtesy of Clinique Malaysia. It's Clinique's all time favourite fragrance Clinique Happy and Clinique Happy For Men. Personally I love it! It never fails to lift my mood. So here's a chance for you to win these two fragrances for you and your guy.

Shu Uemura recently launched their Vision of Beauty Collection Vol.1 - Brave Beauty and what the Shu Uemura Atelier Malaysia team did with the colours was amazing. It showed that the colours can be used for more than just everyday makeup, it can create looks that can be called art. Art on skin that's what it was. 10 Shu Uemura make up artists made up the Shu Uemura Atelier team headed by Lisa Yap, one of only nine Shu Elite Artists in the world and the Education Manager of Shu Uemura Malaysia.

It's September and Chocolate Cats is 5! Thank you guys for supporting the blog!

It's going to be a rocking September because I have quite a few things planned - giveaways, a workshop and there might even be a party. I'm going to make September an exciting one for you guys.

The first giveaway will be happening real soon, so keep an eye out! ♥

How would you like to wake up to a brighter complexion? Origins recently introduced a new night cream, Origins High Potency Night-A-Mins Mineral-enriched Renewal Cream which is targeted at renewing your skin while you sleep so that you will wake up in the morning looking radiant and refreshed.